People Coughing

This is what i think, it's also not healthy especially when she is in the kitchen. Any tips on bringing it up with her again?

Not without being rude no sorry! I think there is no polite way of bringing up somones lack of manners especially a family member .

Ok thanks for your help. i will try and give it a go.

That's the thing, for Christmas i bought her some really nice ones. But she does not use them. It's so annoying. Thanks for your response i will have to talk to her again in a nice way

Did she tuck them in a drawer and forget them? A reminder might help. I have 3 boxes of tissues parked in different locations in my house... coffee table in the TV room, sideboard in the dining room, and here in my office. That way, they're always in reach.

I understand that one myself. I hate the sneezing as well. I hope you are feeling better soon.

When i have a cold unless i am working then i will still go to work, in my line of work you don't get sick pay these days. But at the moment as i'm not working i tend not too even go out unless i really need some shopping. It's not fair to give it to other people. I don't mind the fact that i get colds and coughs it's just this sneezing thing that gets me a little

i suppose your right, but actually seeing someone sneeze and cough without their hand over their mouth the germs can travel so far in the air. No wonder there are lots of different illnesses theses days.

funny you should say that, that's what i thought about doing. i don't want to cause an argument as things are a bit tense here at the moment anyway. But this is really annoying me at the moment. i know my reactions are a little tense as i've stopped drinking, so i am concerned that i'm reading too much into this. Thanks for your support on this

It's not the fact that i got the cold. if you had seen the documentry on TV about how far germs can travel when you don't put your hand across your mouth when you sneeze or cough. Believe me you would be saying the same thing if it was someone close to you and living in the same house doing it all the time. I've also tried talking to her about it but she gets very defensive and then goes all moody on me. Not the best person to say something to. Perhaps she is embarressed about what she is doing, i thought by mentioning it to her that she would start putting her hand over her mouth. This did not work. I know a certain amount of germs are in the air any way but not as much if you cough and sneeze out. When you cough you never know what might come out of your mouth or nose. Thats my point to which makes me feel ill when i see her doing this.

I have 3 young children who dont use their hands as often as they should when coughing/sneezing so I know what its lke to see projectiles flying across the room from the nose or mouth and it's not a very nice sight but it is not allways possible to cover the nose as you may be doing a task with your hands and the sneeze happened so quickly, she was not able to cover up. Cut her some slack, she's poorly and needs nursing, im sure when you was a child you used to have a momentary lapse and not cover 100% of the time but as your mom she nursed you through it...... And im not doubting how far germs can travel from a cough/sneeze as there is some great pressure release to do so. But the point im trying to make is even if some one covered thier nose/mouth 100% of the time there, would still be more germs from the normal respiatory system than coughing or sneezing.

That's even worse when you can actually feel them coughing on you. You must have been really annoyed about this. At least you were at the gym so you could do an extra 5 minutes to take out your anger on the machine and not on someone else. LOl

I always try to remember, i'm not saying i'm perfect but when someone does it in front of you all the time it's horrible. I'm just waiting to see if she says anything to my niece about when she sneezes or coughs then i can say something to her.

Mind you if your carrying a towel over your shoulder and your in the kitchen that's not really that hygenic is it. To be honest yours sounds like an allergy not a cold so that is slightly different anyway. I get the snezzing fits in the summer due to hayfever, but i use the sanitizer gel even after i have washed my hands.

no, not into the kitchen. The sneezing will be there till I brush my teeth and wash my face. It'll go off after that. Mine is not allergic, just sneezing that's all. There is nothing wrong or infectious about that. My father had and my brother also has. It doesn't trouble but. Anyway I carry that towel with me, incase it comes.

i have tried to say something to my mum but she gets all defensive and gets all moody on me, i've got enough problems with my parents due to my old drinking habits. To bring this up again wont be a good idea. I just thought at least sharing it on here will help me to not say anything unless i really feel the need. It's good on here you don't need to bottle things up. At least you were able to make a joke out of this, just what i needed